Blue and Gold Wardrobe in Carved Teak with Full Height Mirror

Gloss is not something you add. It is what is left when nothing is wrong with the surface.

People assume a high-gloss finish comes from a final shiny coat. It does not - a shiny coat over an uneven surface simply gives you a shiny uneven surface, and on a dark colour that is far more obvious than a matt one, because a dark gloss works as a mirror and mirrors magnify every fault they carry.

So our master Indian artisans build the blue in many thin coats and cut each one back flat before the next goes on. Every cycle removes the high points and fills the low ones a little more. The colour is being deepened and the surface is being levelled at the same time, and the second matters more than the first.

The test is not to look at the door. It is to look at what the door reflects. Find a straight edge in the room - a door frame, a window reveal - and let your eye travel down its reflection in the lacquer. If the reflected line stays straight the whole way down, the surface is flat. If it bends, waves or thickens anywhere, there is a hollow there, and no amount of polishing will hide it.

You can run that test on this wardrobe. That is the point of doing it properly.

Material: solid teak carcass, doors and frame, hand-carved. No veneer, no engineered board.

Configuration: full-height mirror in a gilded frame at the centre, flanked by lacquered doors with gilded carved lower fields; curved carved ends.

Finish: deep blue lacquer built in multiple coats with the surface levelled between each, plus hand-applied gilding on all carved work, sealed for durability.

Carving: gilded carved panel fields, gilded corner scrollwork, pierced gold crest above the cornice, deep pierced carved plinth.

Interior: planned to your requirements - long and short hanging, shelving, drawers, shoe storage, lockable compartments.

Sizes: custom sizes made to order - final measurements confirmed in writing before production, including access dimensions.

Warranty: 20 years on the solid teak carcass and joinery; lifetime cover against termite damage.

Photography: images show the actual product, not renders.

A high-gloss dark surface is the least forgiving thing to transport, because it shows every mark and reflects every imperfection. The first layer against the lacquer is soft, clean and completely non-abrasive, with nothing that could burnish a patch to a different sheen.

All doors are secured closed and braced, and the full-height mirror is protected across the whole face of its plate.

The deep pierced plinth projects and sits at the height a crate is most likely to be knocked; it receives its own shaped protection with clearance beneath and in front. The pierced crest is protected on both faces so it cannot rock.

The curved ends are supported along their sweep rather than at their outermost point.

The carcass enters a rigid outer crate with cushioning on every face, corner protection at all eight corners, and strapping that prevents movement. This is why dent-free arrival is guaranteed.

Delivery is free across India - no freight charge, no distance surcharge, and no difference between a metro address and a smaller town.

Because every wardrobe is made to order, we confirm your finished dimensions and your access dimensions - doorway widths, stair turns, lift size - in writing before production begins. Where access requires it, the wardrobe is built to knock down into sections that assemble in the room, with the mirror travelling separately and the plinth fitted on site so its carved run stays continuous.

Once complete it is packed as described and dispatched with a carrier used to handling large carved furniture, lacquered surfaces and mirror glass. You are contacted ahead of delivery so someone can be present.

Arrival is guaranteed dent-free. If any transit damage has occurred, photograph it while the delivery team is present and contact us - we will resolve it.

The solid teak carcass and its joinery carry a 20-year warranty from the day the wardrobe reaches you - the frame, the door construction and hinging, the mirror frame, the cornice and crest joints, and the pierced plinth.

Lifetime cover against termite damage applies for the life of the furniture rather than a fixed number of years. Because the piece is seasoned solid teak throughout - carcass, doors, backs and internal fittings - there is no board core anywhere for insects to reach, and the timber's own oils deter them.

If a warranty issue arises, send us photographs and we will assess and repair or replace. Door alignment is covered. Lacquer work is repaired by rebuilding and re-levelling the affected panel rather than by spot-polishing, because a gloss surface cannot be patched invisibly - and doing it properly is our responsibility, not yours. Both warranties apply anywhere in India.